Occupant-steered sled



Apr. 24, 1923.

M. MARCIMAK OCCUPANT STEERED SLED Original Filed May 23, 1921 lt atentedApr, ltd, lfillltii ,lllt

MICHAEL MAltCINIAK, 011" DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNGJR OF ONE-HAL]? TOMICHAEL W. OLQZEWSKI, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

OCCUPANT-STEERED SLED.

Uriginal application filed May 23, 1921, serial No. MLGM.

Divided and this application filed November 23, 1921.. Serial No.517,255.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL llKlAROINIAK, a citizen of Poland, residingat Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful. Improvements in Occupantfiteered Sleds,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in.occupant steered sleds and more particularly in improved foot rests foroccupant steered sleds, the present application being a division of mycopending application, c serial No. 471,6hl filed May 28, 1921, uponoccupant steered sleds.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple arrangementof foot sup porting elements or foot rests which may be swung andmaintained in operative or inoperative position at will.

()ther objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood and the same consists in the novel form, combina tion andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection withthe accompanying drawing and in which like characters of referenceindicate similar parts throughout the views.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a sled equipped with foot restsin accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof with one of the footrestsoperatively disposed and the other inoperatively disposed, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one of the foot restsand means for retaining the same in its operative and inoperativepositions.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention isshown applied to a sled which embodies a flat platform of elongated formhaving rear rigid runners 6 and a front steering unit incluch ingrunners 7 with means such as a hand wheel 8 for operating said steeringmeans.

At each side of the platform adjacent the steering wheel but slightlyrearwardly of the latter is arranged afoot rest 9, each foot rest beingpivoted at one end on the upper surface of the platform 5 upon avertical axis as at 10 for horizontal swinging movement so that the samemay be brought within the plane of the side edges of the platform 5 whennot required for use ,or so that said foot rest may be swung outwardlyto extend in a transverse direction beyond the side edges of saidplatform when required for use.

Suitable stops 11 are fixed upon the upper surface of the platform 5 forpreventing swinging of the foot rests forwardly beyond a point whereinsaid foot rests are substantially at right angles to the longitudinalaxis of the platform 5, and clips 12 are fastened upon the stops so thatthe foot rests may snap thereunder when moved to inoperative position,the clips being preferably arranged so as to engage the foot rests whenthe latter are in forwardly extending position with their longitudinalaxes substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the platform5, in which position the foot rests also contact the stops 11.

As the foot rests are not required when the sled is employed with theoccupant in other than a sitting posture, the same may be swungrearwardly and inwardly from the position shown with respect to the lefthand foot rest in Figure 2 to that shown with respect to the right handfoot rest in the same figure. "When this is done, each foot rest willride under a clip 25 whereby the same is effectively held in inoperativeposition limited by the stop 11. When required for use, the foot levermay be swung rearwardly and outwardly from beneath the clips 12 so as toride under the overhanging lips of the stops 11 which limit the outwardswinging movement of the foot rests to the position shown with respectto the left hand foot rest in Figure 2.

From the foregoing description, it is be lieved that the constructionand operation of the present invention as well as the advantages thereofwill be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

Minor changes may be made without de parting from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a sled, an elongated flat runner carrying platform, foot restshinged on the upper surface of said platform adjacent its forward endfor horizontal swinging movements to inoperative positions within theplane of the longitudinal edges of said platform and to operativepositions outwardly beyond said edges substantially at right angles tothe longitudinal axis of'the platform, stops on the upper surface of theplat form for limiting the outward swinging of said foot rests, saidstops being located in thepath of said foot rests to limit movement ofthe foot rests inwardly to their inoperative positions, with the footrests extending forwardly substantially parallel with the longitudinalaxis of the platform, and clips for releasably retaining the foot restsin their inoperative positions.

2. In a sled, an elongated flat runner carrying platform, foot restshinged on the upper surface of said platform adjacent its forward endfor horizontal swinging movements to inoperative positions within theplane of the longitudinal edges of said platform and to operativepositions outwardly beyond said edges substantially at right angles tothe longitudinal axis of the platform, stops on the upper surface of theplatform for limiting the outward swinging of said foot rests, saidstops being located in the path of said foot rests to limit movement ofthe foot rests inwardly to their inoperatire positions, with the footrests extending forwardly substantially parallel with the longitudinalaxis of the platform, and clips for releasably retaining the foot restsin their inoperative positions, said clips being mounted upon saidstops.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

MICHAEL MARCINIAK.

